jaeger-mcp
MCP server for Jaeger distributed tracing. Give Claude (or any MCP-capable agent) read access to your trace data — search traces, inspect spans, compare traces, compute span statistics, map service dependencies, predict performance issues, and forecast capacity needs — without leaving the conversation.
Why another Jaeger MCP?
The existing Jaeger integrations require a running UI or custom scripts. This server:
- Speaks the standard Model Context Protocol over stdio — works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP client.
- Is read-only: all 12 tools carry
readOnlyHint: true— zero risk of modifying trace data. - Returns dual-channel output: structured JSON (
structuredContent) for programmatic use + Markdown (content) for human-readable display. - Has actionable error messages that name the exact env var to fix and suggest a next step.
- Supports Bearer token, HTTP Basic auth, or no auth (common for internal deployments).
- Includes OpenAPI specification documenting the underlying Jaeger Query API (
openapi.yaml).
